American Forward Antonio Hester (198-F-90) put on an amazing game in the last round for Tindastoll, receiving a Court Side Player of the Week award for round 17.The 26-year old player had a double-double of 43 points and 11 rebounds, while his team outclassed, the league's bottom-ranked team Snaefell (#12, 0-18) with 45-point margin 104-59. Tindastoll maintains the 3rd position in Icelandic Dominos League. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Tindastoll will need more victories to improve their 12-5 record. In the team's last game Hester had a remarkable 72.7% from 2-point range. He turned to be Tindastoll's top player in his first season with the team. Former Mobile University star has very solid stats this year. Hester is in league's top in points (5th best: 24.2ppg), rebounds (5th best: 11.3rpg) and averages impressive 1.1bpg and 63.0% FGP. Worth to mention Hester played also at Eurobasket Summer League, which helped him get the job in pro basketball.

The second best player in last round's games was 26-year old American Amin Stevens (203-F-90) of Keflavik. Stevens had a very good evening with a double-double of 31 points and 20 rebounds. Of course he led Keflavik to another comfortable win 93-80 over the lower-ranked Skallagrimur (#10, 7-11) being unquestionably team leader. This victory allowed Keflavik to move up to 6th position in the standings. His team lost some distance to top teams. But 9-9 record is not bad and everything may still change. Stevens is a newcomer at Keflavik, but is already one of team's top players. He belongs to the best scorers in the league with 30.0ppg (#2). He also registered 15.5 boards per game.

Third on the list of top players last round was former international forward Hlynur Baeringsson (200-F/C-82) of league's second-best Stjarnan. Baeringsson showcased his all-around game by recording 20 points, twelve rebounds (!!!) and seven assists in the last round. He was a key player of Stjarnan, leading his team to a 86-78 win against #4 ranked Thor Thorl in a game of the week. Stjarnan needs these victories very badly if they think about taking over top position in the standings. Their record at this point is 13 victories and 4 lost games. Baeringsson has a great season in Iceland. After 17 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in rebounds with 12.9rpg (3rd best) and assists with 5.1apg (6th best). He also has 1.5bpg and FGP: 56.6%.

The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

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Thor AK Akureyri (Dominos League) added to their roster 26-year old American power forward Marques Oliver (201-100kg-91, college: Delaware State). He played last season at Fjolnir in the D1. In 8 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.4ppg, 9.0rpg, 2.6apg, 2.0spg and 2.6bpg. Oliver helped them to make it to the semifinals. He was voted All-MEAC 2nd Team back in 2012 at his college time. Oliver has played previously professionally in Canada (Orangeville A's) and Germany (ETB Wohnbau a... [read more]

Thor AK Akureyri (Dominos League) added to their roster 26-year old American power forward Marques Oliver (201-100kg-91, college: Delaware State). He played last season at Fjolnir in the D1. In 8 games he recorded very impressive stats: 19.4ppg, 9.0rpg, 2.6apg, 2.0spg and 2.6bpg. Oliver helped them to make it to the semifinals. He was voted All-MEAC 2nd Team back in 2012 at his college time.Oliver has played previously professionally in Canada (Orangeville A's) and Germany (ETB Wohnbau and Cuxhaven BasCats).He attended Delaware State until 2013 and it will be his fifth season as a professional player.

Thor AK Akureyri (Dominos League) landed 22-year old guard Hreidar Vilhjalmsson (190-95). He has played for the last four years at Fjolnir in the D1. In 28 games he averaged 5.4ppg, 1.2rpg and 1.9apg last season. Vilhjalmsson helped them to make it to the semifinals. He played in the final of Icelandic D1 Playoff in 2016. By Eurobasket Data Center Check also Complete Transfers List in Iceland [read more]

Thor AK Akureyri (Dominos League) landed 22-year old guard Hreidar Vilhjalmsson (190-95). He has played for the last four years at Fjolnir in the D1. In 28 games he averaged 5.4ppg, 1.2rpg and 1.9apg last season. Vilhjalmsson helped them to make it to the semifinals. He played in the final of Icelandic D1 Playoff in 2016.

Russia - Iceland 82-69 Russia won the International tournament in Kazan undefeated. In the last game the overcame Iceland 82-69 to finish with a perfect 3-0 record. Russia insured a 24-15 lead from the start and added a 24-16 run in the second period. Iceland pulled back in the third quarter as they produced a 23-12 surge, however the hosts closed the game with a final 22-15 rally. Mikhail Kulagin (191-G-94, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) top-scored for the winners with 20 points and Timofey... [read more]

Russia - Iceland 82-69

Russia won the International tournament in Kazan undefeated. In the last game the overcame Iceland 82-69 to finish with a perfect 3-0 record. Russia insured a 24-15 lead from the start and added a 24-16 run in the second period. Iceland pulled back in the third quarter as they produced a 23-12 surge, however the hosts closed the game with a final 22-15 rally.Mikhail Kulagin (191-G-94, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) top-scored for the winners with 20 points and Timofey Mozgov (216-C-86, agency: Stanislav Ryzhov) netted 15. Vitaliy Fridzon (195-G-85, agency: Alti Sport) followed them with 11 points. Martin Hermannsson (190-G-94, college: LIU Brooklyn) answered with 22 points in the losing effort whilst Haukur Palsson (197-SF-92, college: Maryland) had 12.

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